Collations for The Life and Death of Jason

Book 2

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Introduction

A = “The Deeds of Jason,” manuscript (incomplete, only books I-VII extant)
B = 1867 text
B2 = 1871 text
B3 = 1877
C = 1882 text
D = 1895 text

I. Morris sometimes uses an ampersand in the 1895 text; instances of an ampersand in “The Deeds of Jason” are not noted.

II. Due to Morris’ typographical conventions (specifically, his “Troy” type, in which the D text was published), the majuscule ligatures Æ and Œ appear as Ae and Oe, respectively, in the Kelmscott edition of 1895, our “D” text. The miniscule ligatures, however, are not thus separated in the D text: (vid. “Actæon” in D.I.190; “Eubœan” in D.I.130). Thus all majuscules that appear as majuscule ligatures in texts ABC, (vid. “Æson” in ABC, passim) appear as two separate characters in D, with the first of these characters majuscule, and the second miniscule (vid. “Aeson” in D, passim), and all miniscule ligatures found in ABC are to be found in D without this separation.

III. Often in the A text (that is, the manuscript) no quotation marks mark the introduction and termination of direct discourse. Texts BC follow the normative practice of enclosing direct discourse between quotation marks. In the D text, however, direct discourse is marked at its beginning by a colon followed by a majuscule initial letter, without quotation marks, and at its ending by mere final periodic punctuation, again without quotation marks. Since these variations are consistent within textual editions (except within the unfinished manuscript, the A text), they have not been reproduced here.

IV. After I.14, B2 and B3 are not noted unless they include variora.

V. Only variants are marked. That is, if entries appear only for the A and D texts, B and
C are identical to D.

Collation Book 2 (1867, 1883 and 1895 Texts)

	B 1867	C 1882	D 1895
Argument	B: No individual arguments precede each book in text	C: Jason claims his own - Pelias tells about the Golden Fleece - Jason vows the quest thereof.	Jason claims his own. Pelias tells about the Golden Fleece. Jason vows the quest thereof.
II.6	B: An iron-hilted sword hang carefully;		He hung a short-sword and a knife thereby;
II.7	B: And on his head he had		His head was covered with
II.16	B: And came out to		And out into
II.33	B: certainly		else meseems
II.34	B: Long time a dweller hereby shouldst thou be."		Long might'st thou dwell beside these summer streams.
II.48	B: long arms easily		arms, and bore him high,
II.57	B: stream		flood
II.67	B: A lady clad in blue, all glistering		A seeming woman, blue-clad,
II.81	B: leanedst just now		leanedst now
II.86	B: I have		have I
II.124	B: about him who		round him by whom
II.127	B: mightier than all		mightier far than all
II.132	B: on		o'er
II.132	B: that ere		which ere
II.138	B: man, what wouldst thou here,		mightier far than all
II.167	B: that beardest thus a king with little fear?"		Who hast not learned before a king to bow?
II.177	B: Alicimidé		Alcimide
II.192	B: I lost, to win a troublous thing and vain		Which once I lost to win a trouble vain
II.193	B: showest	C: showest	show'st
II.195	B: That everything in order I may set,		That I may set all things in order due,
II.196	B: Nor any man thereby may trouble get		Lest there be some who should my going rue:
II.197	B: And now I bid thee stand by me to-day,		Be thou beside me still, my brother's son,
II.198	B: And cast all fear and troublous thoughts away:		And count the day of fear and trouble done.
II.199	B: And		But
II.212	B: this hour		this fair hour
II.250	B: and heal some great king's wrongs.		healing the people's wrongs.
II.258	B: ought	C: ought	aught
II.264	B: morning's flowers have fallen down,		morn's new flowers have dropped adown,
II.265	B: your	C: your	thine
II.269	B: the fires		the red fires
II.275	B: if		though
II.307	B: them: "O ye		them, and cried
II.308	B: Who rule the world, grant us felicity		"Lords of the World, fair let our bliss abide
II.309	B: sweet		dear
II.310	B: ought		aught
II.339	B: tell		show
II.340	B: I would that these should hear as well		which I were fain that all should know
II.341	B: As you, O Prince. "And		All these about us."
II.345	B: rose		spake
II.349	B: byeword		byword
II.351	B: fair		bold
II.359	B: the white-footed Ino sat alone		white-footed Ino smiling, sat alone
II.363	B: therefore, the more increased her enmity		And therwithal hate grew in her the more
II.364	B: against those two erst born of Nephele,		Against the twain that Nephele once bore,
II.366	B: fairer		lovelier
II.410	B: wrathed beyond		wroth beyond all
II.413	B: wed with Athamas, the mighty king		lie with Athamas, in kingly bed;
II.414	B: must she pay forfeit for the thing,		with grief must she redeem her head,
II.418	B: she		She
II.428	B: Crafty		crafty
II.433	B: bearer		Bearer
II.438	B: high noon-tide the next day was		the morrow's noon was meet and
II.441	B: lest, being fled away		lest they flee and live,
II.442	B: They still might live and leave and evil day		And many an evil day hereafter give
II.443	B: and all its folk henceforth to bear.'		which bore them on a hapless tide.
II.444	B: fair		side
II.489	B: were there great lime-trees,		stood great linden-trees,
II.492	B: quietly		privily
II.517	B: Gaudily feathered, ready for the strife;		Gay-feathered, ready for the flight in air;
II.518	B: whereof one bore the knife		one bore the steel made bare,
II.522	she could see		therewithal
II.527	This line is omitted in the 1867 text, and the misprint causes the B text to be misnumbered from 527-909, and to end one line before the C and D texts, which end on l. 910. The D text lineation will be used henceforth.
II.538	B: would		should
II.552	B: hunting word		hunting-word
II.555	B: startled king,		king amzazed,
II.556	B: grown all pale to see the thing,		who with wild eyes stood and gazed,
II.557	B: With rising horror		The horror rising
II.558	B: the close crowd		the close crowd
II.571	B: fate		Fate
II.577	B: armèd	C: armèd	armed
II.578	B: The		Which the keen beast
II.585	B: Therewith		Therefore
II.590	B: Trembling, with cheeks all drained of rosy blood;		Trembling and pale, in horror of his mood;
II.591	B: Who straightway		Straightway she
II.594	B: such deadly		benumbing
II.597	B: was		were
II.604	B: amongst		amongst
II.606	B: ought	ought	aught
II.621	B: murmuring		babbling
II.630	B: mirk		murk
II.635	B: grew her limbs		did she grow
II.636	B: their		her
II.646	B: in her golden robes enwound,		lapped in sea-wet gold around,
II.651	B: oak, with scented things bespread; around,	C: oak, with blossoms o'er them spread;	oak logs all with flowers
II.652	B: poor corpse from the ground,		piteous maiden dead
II.663	B: it		her
II.675	B: unheard-of		unheard of
II.676	B: waste away		change and blend
II.676	B: In dew, and rain, and sunshine, day by day.		With all the change that endless summers send.
II.677	B: still clinging fearfully		afeard, and clinging fast
II.678	B: he passed the sea,		the sea he passed,
II.692	B: Hard by		Anigh
II.702	B: spears		spear
II.709	B: towards		toward
II.713	B: Æetes	C: Æetes	Aetes (ed: the 1895 text here modifies the vocalic value of the first syllable, from [aj] to [a:].
II.718	B: straightly		straightway
II.719	B: art		be
II.722	B: art		be
II.725	B: by this the king		the king drew nigh
II.726	B: Had reached the place, and stood thre wondering,		Wondering what wise they came by cloud and sky,
II.727	B: At that strange beast and		The marvellous beast, the
II.737	B: is		be
II.739	B: answered he		Phryxus spake:
II.740	B: I think no God is wrath with me,		no God is angry for my sake,
II.741	B: for, behold,		for lo,
II.742	B: A while ago, jsut as my foe did hold		As the sharp knife drew night awhile ago
II.743	B: The knife against my		Unto my very
II.754	B: too much		o'ermuch.
II.768	B: born	C, D: borne	borne
II.774	B: fell	C,D: Fleece	Fleece
II.776	B: the thing, yea	C,D: that treasure	that treasure
II.779	B: all armed	C,D: all-armed	all-armed
II.803	B: gold-seat	C,D: high-seat	high-seat
II.823	B: Across the sea, then surely ye will	C,D:To lead across the sea, all ye shall	To lead across the sea, all ye shall
II.824	B: will	C,D: shall	shall
II.827	B: Then all stood up and shouted, and the king,	C,D: Uprose the men; forth went a mighty shout,	Uprose the men; forth went a mighty shout,
II.828	B: While yet the hall with Jason's name did ring,	C,D: And ere the sound of Jason's name died out	And ere the sound of Jason's name died out
II.829	B: Set in his hands a gleaming	C,D: The king reached forth to him a	The king reached forth to him a
II.838	B: heavens shine,	C,D: heaven doth shine,	heaven doth shine,
II.853	B: of ye to come	C,D: again shall come	again shall come
II.854	B: Again unto your little ones and	C,D: To see his children, and his fathers'	To see his children, and his fathers'
II.865	B: cunning artizan,	C,D: a wright, a master wise,	a wright, a master wise,
II.866	B: Gods, and knowing more than man,	C,D: Gods more wit than man devise,	Gods more wit than man devise,
II.870	B: fleece	C, D Fleece	Fleece
II.896	B: in Greece."	C, D of Greece."	of Greece
II.907	B: healths they drank to many an honoured man,		many a champion 'mid the wine did hail,
II.908	B: Until the moon sank, and the stars waxed wan,		Till waned the moon, and all the stars grew pale,